Neukirchen, Hesse
town in Schwalm-Eder-Kreis in Hesse, Germany
Neukirchen (German pronunciation: [nɔʏˈkɪʁçn̩] ) is a small town in the Schwalm-Eder district in Hesse, Germany.
Constituent communities
The town is made up of a main town bearing the same name as the whole town, and the centres of Asterode, Christerode, Hauptschwenda, Nausis, Wincherode, Riebelsdorf, Rückershausen and Seigertshausen.
History
Neukirchen had its first documentary mention in 1142 in a document from the Hersfeld monastery. In 1351, Neukirchen was granted town rights. In the Middle Ages, the town was bedevilled by fires that repeatedly broke out. One catastrophe in 1533 destroyed three fourths of all the town's houses.
Politics
The town council is made up of 31 members.
SPD 9 seats
CDU 8 seats
FDP 4 seats
UBL (citizens' coalition) 4 seats
FWG (citizens' coalition) 4 seats
Greens 2 seats
(as of town council elections held on 14th March 2021)
Culture and sightseeing
Museums
The Heimatmuseum ("Homeland Museum") has documents about the town's history, a complete school classroom and prehistoric collections.
Churches
Nikolaikirche
This church's history is closely tied to the town's. The earliest known mention of Neukirchen is in a monastery document from 1142.
“Neukirchen, Hesse” enters the record as town in Schwalm-Eder-Kreis in Hesse, Germany. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Neukirchen, Hesse and town can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 3, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q624847. Authority coordinates are 50.867, 9.333. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1142, 1351, 1533 and 2021.
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